The association of patent foramen ovale morphology and stroke size in patients with paradoxical embolism

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 506-510

  Akhondi, Andre ^a   Gevorgyan, Rubine ^a   Tseng, Chi Hong ^b   Slavin, Leo ^a   Dao, Catherine ^a   Liebeskind, David S ^a   Tobis, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b General Internal Medicine Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Embolism; Foramen ovale patent; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOGENIC STROKE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM ANEURYSM; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM PATENT FORAMEN OVALE HEIGHT; MINIMUM PATENT FORAMEN OVALE HEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE BUBBLE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE HEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTUM SECUNDUM THICKNESS; STROKE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOTAL SEPTUM EXCURSION DISTANCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 78650099760     PISSN: 19417640     EISSN: 19417632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.109.908533     Document Type: Article

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